The conservative physiology of the immune system

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Vaz, N M ^a   de Faria, A M C ^a   Verdolin, B A ^a   Silva Neto, A F ^a   Menezes, J S ^b   Carvalho, C R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autopoiesis; Closure; Immune system; Immunobiology; Network; Panama blot

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL GROWTH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFER; OMENN SYNDROME; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THEORY;

MICROBIOTA;

EID: 0037285804     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000100003     Document Type: Review

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